[Narek Babadjanyan]

In C++ there's int, double, float, char etc. Bu none of these can contain strings for exmaple...

include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
     int name; //int, char, double, float it doesn't matter, anyway I won't get the desired result
     cin >> name;
     cout << "Hello, " << name << "! Where do you want to go today?";
     return 0;
}

I input the name John Fish for example, but int gives me a number, which i don't understand, char gives me a "J", the first letter only, what to use then?

[ishkabible]

i don't understand what your talking about exactly but it appears that you want strings. there is a very nice fix for this std::string

include the standard header

#include <string>

declare a string

std::string name;

get the input for it

cin>>name;

output it

cout<<name;

here is a reference for using strings

[Narek Babadjanyan]

Thank you very much, but one more thing i don't ahve to write std::string (like you did) if I have include namespace std there, right?

This post has been edited by JackOfAllTrades: 08 July 2011 - 12:24 PM
Reason for edit:: Removed unnecessary quote

[ipushmycar]

OR

using namespace std;

That way you can pretty much use strings as if it were Java. No need to type std:: every time.

[Narek Babadjanyan]

Oh, what a mistake, I forgot it was using namespace std

This post has been edited by JackOfAllTrades: 08 July 2011 - 12:26 PM
Reason for edit:: Removed unnecessary quote

[Bench]

I created a thread on here a while ago which discusses the basics of strings in C++:
http://www.dreaminco...2209-c-strings/